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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



April 25, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



It has been a rainy spring in the 

 Pacific northwest. 



A COMMITTEE from several societies, 

 under the leadership of the Chamber of 

 Commerce, is preparing for a big spring 

 rose show at Portland, Ore., in the 

 Forestry building at the old Lewis & 

 Clark exposition. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The visit of the 

 Shriners, whose conclave opens May 6, 

 will bring to this city one of the largest 

 crowds it has had in years. There will 

 be a considerable number of florists 

 among the thousands who will come. 



The California State Floral Society, 

 which is an organization of amateur 

 growers in the vicinity of San Francisco, 

 but which has in its membership a con- 

 siderable number of commercial growers, 

 held its annual meeting April 12 and 

 elected H. Plath president. 



VICTORIA, B. C. 



Trade has been a trifle slack since 

 Easter. We have not been enjoying the 

 prolonged coldness of this spring. To 

 illustrate the difference between this sea- 

 son and the last, I might mention that I 

 picked my first daffodils this year under 

 a south wall March 5, and last year from 

 the same bulbs January 25. 



Wollaston & Wallace's bulb farm is 

 now gay. Their Emperor daffodils are 

 especially good. Many have 2-foot stems. 

 This firm is shipping many flowers to 

 near-by towns. 



The cold in the winter did much dam- 

 age. It was considered safe to leave 

 dahlias in the ground, but last winter 

 killed them all. Even in sheds and cel- 

 lars they suffered severely. I notice that 

 pentstemons are killed, and many gladi- 

 oli and even montbretias are gone in 

 places. Eoses do not appear to be much 

 damaged. Even in this favored clime it 

 will not do to take too many chances. 



E. A. Wallace. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Another week of bad weather was our 

 portion and as a consequence flowers of 

 all kinds are scarcer than ever. While 

 there was not a lively demand for stock, 

 still the fact that it was so scarce kept 

 prices up and the orders came fast 

 enough to clean things out as well as 

 any one could wish. The last of the 

 week saw the wholesale houses sold out 

 to the last flower, with quite a few or- 

 ders which could not be filled. This 

 week has started in with a good, healthy 

 demand and the market well cleaned out. 

 The sun is shining again, for a change, 

 and the temperature has risen to a point 

 where it is more in season. With such 

 weather conditions there ought to be an 

 increase in the supply of flowers in a 

 couple of days, and business in general 

 ought to take on a prosperous aspect. 



Roses are and have been more plen- 

 tiful than carnations, which seem to be 

 away off crop. Judging from the re- 

 ports of most of the growers in this sec- 

 tion of the country, it will be some time 

 before this condition wrill be improved, 

 as there are few buds in sight. It may 

 be that for once we will be spared the 

 usual May glut. With some bright sun- 



Special Sale, 2 Weeks Only 



NEPHROLEPIS BOSTON, 2>^-in $25.00 per 1000 



*' PIERSONI, I'A-in 30.00 per 1000 



ADIANTUM PEDATUM, 2>^-m 30.00 per 1000 



♦• ** 4-in 50.00 per 1000 



MIXED FERNS, 2>^-iii 20.00 per 1000 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 4-in 25.00 per 1000 



** ** Seedlings 5.00 per 1000 



Express Prepaid. Cash. 250 at 1000 rate* Write for Calla Bulb catalogue. 



A. MITTING, WHOLESALE FLORIST, 



17 to 23 Kennan St., SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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1000 seeds $ 2.00 



6000 seeds 10.00 



13,000 seeds 20.00 



True Asparagus 

 Plumosus Seed 



Raised under lath in California, is so superior 

 in vitality as to be beyond comparison. We are 

 glad to be able to announce that at last we have 

 our seed picked. It is later than usual this year, 

 owing to long, continued cold rain, but the seed 

 is all the better for it. 



We can guarantee delivery from now on. 



26,000 seeds $35.00 



50,000 seeds 66.00 



100,000 seeds 110.00 



Gash, please. 



r. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



(incohpobatkd) 

 Box 9. GLBNDALX, CAL. 



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Asparagos Plom. Seed 



Latli House Grown, 1907 Crop 



100 seeds 90.26 10,000 seeds $15.00 



lOOOseeds 1.75 SO.OOOseeds 62.00 



OAK GROVE NURSERIES 



E. Fleu. 404>40e N. Los Asgeles 8t. 



LOS ANGKIJBS. CAL. 



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SSS.. BIG BARGAIN "USS 



Size, 2-inch only. Los Angeles make. No col- 

 lars. No nicks (larger than H inch). Formerly 

 used by Chase Rose Company and all good goods, 

 $2.50 per 1000, t o. b. Riverside, Cal. Freight 

 rate Riverside to San Francisco, 62c per 100 lbs.; 

 to Portland and Seattle. 97c per 100 lbs. Weight, 

 250 lbs. per 1000 pots. Sample box, (>20 pots for 

 tl.50 t. o. b. Write for price on 3x6 sash. 



CHAS. HO WABD, 2181 Park Are. , BiTSisids, Cal. 



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shine there ought to be a decided in- 

 crease in the supply of roses and I be- 

 lieve they will find a ready market. Sweet 

 peas have been scarce and the demand 

 for them has been much in excess of 

 the supply. It is expected that the sup- 

 ply will increase this week, as several 

 growers report a crop about ready to 

 cut. Lilies of all kinds have been scarce 

 and in demand, and other varieties of 

 bulbous flowers are the same. Ferns and 

 smilax are also on the scarce list. There 

 is some good Asparagus plumosus in 

 strings to be had in large quantities. 



Various Notes. 



During the recent meeting of the Na- 

 tional Baseball Commission in this city 

 T. W. Hardesty & Co. put up a novel 

 decoration for a dinner at the Sinton 

 hotel, given by Garry Hermann to the 

 members of the commission and several 

 baseball stars. The guests, on arriving 

 at the entrance of the large banquet hall 

 of the hotel, were confronted by a regu- 

 lation baseball grounds fence, in which 



PETINIAS. 



OlantB of California, from my Champion 



Strain, 2-ln., $2.60 per 100. Seedlings from 



plants, $1.25 per 100. 



Per 100 

 Campanula Media Calyoanttaema, white 



and blue $2 oo 



Coreopsis Lanceolata Orandiflora, 2-in. 1.50 



Dianthai Plamarins, 1-year-old 4 00 



Hibiscus Crimson Eye, 1-year- old a.50 



Lobelia Beddins Queen, 2 in 2.00 



MarjEuerite Queen Alexandra and 



Ktoile D'Or, 2-ln. 



1 50 



Pentatemon, Biirbank Hybrids, 2-ln 2 00 



Flatycodon, 2-in 2.50 



PhyaosteKla Vircinioa, 1-year- old 3.50 



Oriental Poppies, 1-year-old 3.50 



Stokesia Cyanea, 1-year-old 4.00 



Tioleta, Princess of Wales, California, Swan- 

 ley White and Marie Louise, strong field 



plants 1.00 



Orders booked now for seed to be delivered fall, 

 1907. Send for list. Seed raised on contract. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Surplus Stock 



OF THE PACIFIC NUR8KRISS 



Everrresa Trees aid Flowering Slirabs Per 100 



Acaeia f loribiada fragraas, 3 feet high $12.50 



Aeaeia ■•lanoxylon , 2 feet high 12.50 



Dlosmaalba, 1 to l>^feetbiiih 12.50 



Bseallonia rosea, 8 teet high 14.00 



MetrosideroB lemperflorens, 2 feet high.... 15.00 

 ■elaleiea, in 6 varieties, 2 to 3 feet bigh... 14.00 



Bageaia apleolata, 2 to 3 feet high 15.00 



Laanis Unas, 1 to 13^ feet high 1400 



Camphor tree, 2 to 3 feet high 16.00 



Grevillea robasta, 2}4 to 3 feet high 16.00 



Cork oaks, Ifoothigh 9.00 



FlttosponiH erassifolliai, 2 feet high 14.00 



FittosponiB teBnifolloa,2feethigb 14.00 



Dracaena IndiTisa, 2 feet high 10.00 



All the above plants are pot-grown and in the 

 most healthy condition. 25 plants will be sold at 

 100 rate. F. LDDKHAMN, 



8041 Baker St., Ban Frmnolaoo, Cal. 

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a box oflBce had been built. Here each 

 guest was handed a ticket which entitled 

 him to admission to the grounds; that is, 

 to the banquet room, through a turnstilf. 

 Within was the representation of a basi- 

 ball field. The room was surrounded by 

 a high fence, with the usual advertise 

 inents on it, and some large fruit trec^ 

 in bloom were placed there also. Tl" 

 banquet table was arranged in the shaj" 

 of a baseball diamond, with covers lai ' 

 for sixty people. At each of the foi'- 

 bases was placed a large bunch of Ame' 

 ican Beauties on long stems, and out o' 

 the pitcher's box a massive bunch o' 

 the same rose was arranged as if grov 

 ing there. The base lines were worke 

 out in Beauty roses also, and the infiel' 

 was laid with ferns and Asparagus pl'= 

 mosus, which gave the appearance of ' 

 beautiful greensward. All of the finf 

 details were worked out in an artisti 



